PBDB Collection

Bug Creek Anthills (Reworked) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-65127, V-70201

Where: McCone County, Montana (47.8° N, 106.1° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 79.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hell Creek Formation, Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: anthill,

Primary reference: J. D. Archibald and W. A. Clemens. 1984. Mammal evolution near the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary. In W. A. Berggren, J. A. Van Couvering (eds.), Catastrophes and Earth History: The New Uniformitarianism 339-372 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14516: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997, edited by Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

• see also Archibald et al. 1987, Swisher et al. 1993;based on Lofgren et al. 1990 and Lofgren 1995, fauna is mixed; I have sorted out Paleocene and reworked Cretaceous lists based on Lofgren's schemewell below the Z-Coal, but correlation is indirect: Fastovsky and Dott 1986

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Chondrichthyes
Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae	Ischyrhiza avonicola⁵ Ischyrhiza avonicola⁵ Estes 1964 ray UCMP 130665, complete rostral tooth
Mammalia
Polydolopimorphia - Glasbiidae	Glasbius twitchelli¹ Glasbius twitchelli¹ Archibald 1982 metatherian
Tribosphenida - Stagodontidae	Didelphodon vorax Didelphodon vorax Marsh 1889 metatherian
Tribosphenida - Alphadontidae	Alphadon marshi Alphadon marshi Simpson 1927 metatherian includes "A. wilsoni"
Tribosphenida - Pediomyidae	"Pediomys hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri, "Pediomys florencae" = Protolambda florencae, "Pediomys krejcii" = Leptalestes krejcii, Pediomys elegans "Pediomys hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri Osborn 1898 metatherian "Pediomys florencae" = Protolambda florencae Clemens 1966 metatherian "Pediomys krejcii" = Leptalestes krejcii Clemens 1966 metatherian Pediomys elegans Marsh 1889 metatherian
Tribosphenida - Herpetotheriidae	Nortedelphys minimus n. gen. n. sp.⁴, "Alphadon jasoni" = Nortedelphys jasoni⁹, "Nortedelphys intermedius" = Nortedelphys jasoni⁴ Nortedelphys minimus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Case et al. 2004 marsupial "Alphadon jasoni" = Nortedelphys jasoni⁹ Storer 1991 marsupial UALVP 6748 "Nortedelphys intermedius" = Nortedelphys jasoni⁴ Storer 1991 marsupial
Cimolesta - Cimolestidae	Batodon tenuis Batodon tenuis Marsh 1892 eutherian
Leptictida - Gypsonictopidae	"Gypsonictops hypoconus" = Gypsonictops hypoconus, "Gypsonictops petersoni" = Gypsonictops hypoconus "Gypsonictops hypoconus" = Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson 1927 eutherian "Gypsonictops petersoni" = Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson 1927 eutherian
Creodonta -	"Cimolestes magnus" = Altacreodus magnus "Cimolestes magnus" = Altacreodus magnus Clemens and Russell 1965 creodont accidentally included in collection 14671 through 4/11
Tribosphenida - Zhelestidae	Alostera saskatchewanensis⁷ Alostera saskatchewanensis⁷ Fox 1989 eutherian UALVP 6727; not discussed in detail
Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae	Essonodon browni, Meniscoessus robustus, Cimolomys gracilis Essonodon browni Simpson 1927 multituberculate Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate presumably includes "M. borealis" of original Sloan/Van Valen list Cimolomys gracilis Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae	Cimolodon nitidus Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Reptilia
Testudinata - Baenidae	Palatobaena bairdi² Palatobaena bairdi² Gaffney 1972 turtle UCMP 114644 (left maxilla), UCMP 114656 (right quadrate), UCMP 114680 (right and left jaw halves) and UCMP 114686 (left maxilla)
Theropoda -	Theropoda indet.⁶ Theropoda indet.⁶ theropod
Aves
Charadriiformes -	Charadriiformes "indet. sp. 1"⁸ Charadriiformes "indet. sp. 1"⁸ Huxley 1867 shorebird ANSP 15868
Reptilia
Theropoda -	Paronychodon sp.⁶ Paronychodon sp.⁶ Cope 1876 maniraptoran
Theropoda - Troodontidae	Troodon sp.⁶ Troodon sp.⁶ Leidy 1856 maniraptoran
Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae	Hadrosauridae indet.⁶ Hadrosauridae indet.⁶ Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae	Ceratopsidae indet.⁶, Triceratops sp.⁶ Ceratopsidae indet.⁶ Marsh 1888 ceratopsid Triceratops sp.⁶ Marsh 1889 ceratopsid
Actinopteri
Amiiformes - Amiidae	Melvius thomasi³ Melvius thomasi³ Bryant 1988 bowfin UCMP 129671, trunk vertebra

¹Archibald 1982; ²Archibald and Hutchison 1979; ³Bryant 1988; ⁴Case et al. 2004; ⁵Cook et al. 2014; ⁶Database 2005; ⁷Fox 1989; ⁸Hope 2002; ⁹Storer 1991